Slothful
1Slothful — Sloth ful, a. Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle. [1913 Webster] He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. [1913 Webster] {Sloth ful*ly}, adv. {Sloth ful*ness}, n.… …
2slothful — index idle, inactive, indolent, lax, lifeless (dull), negligent, otiose, remiss …
3slothful — c.1400, from SLOTH (Cf. sloth) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Slothfully; slothfulness …
4slothful — indolent, faineant, *lazy Analogous words: *inactive, inert, supine, passive, idle: slack, remiss, lax, *negligent, neglectful: *slow, leisurely, deliberate, dilatory, laggard Antonyms: industrious Contrasted words: * …
5slothful — [adj] lazy comatose, dallying, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lethargic, lifeless, listless, loafing, passive, procrastinating, slack, slow, sluggish, snoozy*, supine, tired,… …
6slothful — [släthfəl, slōthfəl; ] also [ slōthfəl] adj. characterized by sloth; indolent; lazy slothfully adv. slothfulness n …
7slothful — [[t]slo͟ʊθfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is slothful is lazy and unwilling to make an effort to work. [FORMAL] He was not slothful: he had been busy all night. Syn: idle …
8slothful — adjective fatigue made him slothful Syn: lazy, idle, indolent, inactive, sluggish, apathetic, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid; archaic otiose …
9slothful — sloth ► NOUN 1) reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness. 2) a slow moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from branches using its long limbs and hooked claws. DERIVATIVES slothful adjective. ORIGIN Old English, from SLOW(Cf …
10slothful — adjective Date: 15th century inclined to sloth ; indolent Synonyms: see lazy • slothfully adverb • slothfulness noun …
11slothful — slothfully, adv. slothfulness, n. /slawth feuhl, slohth /, adj. sluggardly; indolent; lazy. [1350 1400; ME; see SLOTH, FUL] Syn. sluggish; inactive, torpid, slack. See idle. * * * …
12slothful — adjective Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth …
13slothful — Synonyms and related words: ambling, apathetic, bone lazy, cadging, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deliberate, dilatory, do nothing, doless, dronish, drony, easy, easygoing, ergophobic, faineant,… …
14slothful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sluggish, lethargic, indolent; see lazy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. lazy, indolent, idle, shiftless, lacking ambition, unenterprising, sluggish, lethargic, listless. ANT.: energetic, ambitious, *go getting III… …
15slothful — sloth|ful [ˈsləuθfəl US ˈslouθ ] adj formal lazy or not active >slothfulness n [U] …
16slothful — sloth|ful [ slouθfəl, slaθfəl ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY lazy …
17slothful — sloth·ful || sləʊθfÊŠl adj. lazy, slow, sluggish …
18slothful — a. Lazy, idle, inert, sluggish, indolent, dronish, inactive, lumpish, supine, torpid, slack …
19slothful — adjective formal lazy or not active slothfully adverb slothfulness noun (U) …
20slothful — adj 1. lazy, idle, indolent, sluggard, slug gardly, faineant, do nothing, otiose; unindustrious, unenterprising, unambitious, nonaggressive; listless, Dial. limpsy, lackadaisical, insouciant, pococurante, easy going; slack, lax, remiss, negligent …
